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21FGS62167

Melfort Estate

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Oban
Local authority
Argyll and Bute Council
Conservancy
Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Grid reference
NM827141

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 8 November 2021
  2. Application accepted 8 November 2021
  3. Consultation opens 9 November 2021
  4. Consultation closes 7 December 2021
  5. Decision issued 18 February 2022

Area

Total area
18.50 ha
Broadleaf
18.50 ha

Official source

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21FGS62167

Find 21FGS62167 on the official register ↗ Open applications can be commented on there during their consultation window.

First archived 27 July 2026 · last seen on the register 27 July 2026.

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The licence covers the register data; attached maps, images and applicant documents may have separate rights.

Tree health

Statutory Plant Health Notices nearby

Within 5 km

Notices are ordered with polygons covering the application grid-reference point first, followed by the nearest notices with current ones prioritised. Distances are measured to the notice boundary. A nearby notice does not by itself mean that it applies to the site.

Notice / host species Status Proximity Issued Compliance date Biosecurity expiry

S_P_0437_Melfort

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 1.3 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0308-0318

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.6 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH19_0059_0322_0338-0339

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Closed Proximity 1.6 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0308-0318b

P. ramorum

Hosts: Larch

Status Issued Proximity 1.8 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

STH20_0308-0318c

Phytophthora ramorum

Hosts: Larch - spp.

Status Closed Proximity 1.9 km away Issued Not published Compliance date Not published Biosecurity expiry Not published

Protected places

Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby

Within 2 km

Proximity is measured from the application grid-reference point to the official SSSI boundary. It does not prove that the wider application or property overlaps the designation; check the official maps before relying on it.

No SSSIs within 2 km.

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NM 827 140

Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.

National soil map of Scotland

Mineral gleys

Map unit 242

Noncalcareous gleys with humic gleys

Soil association
Foudland
Parent material
Drifts derived from slates, phyllites and other weakly metamorphosed argillaceous rocks
Landform
Ridged lowland with gentle and strong slopes: moderately rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.

  • Fisherford · 50% Noncalcareous gleys
  • FOUDLAND(HG) · 50% Humic gleys
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited flexibility for trees

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Sources, licence and limitations

National soil map of Scotland ↗

National soil map of Scotland copyright and database right The James Hutton Institute 18 September 2024. Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved. Any public sector information contained in these data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0.

Dataset citation

Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1981). Soil maps of Scotland at a scale of 1:250 000. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen.

Land Capability for Forestry ↗

Land Capability for Forestry copyright and database right The James Hutton Institute 1988 (published map; last revision date not supplied). Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved. Any public sector information contained in these data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0.

Dataset citation

Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1988). Land Capability for Forestry of Scotland at a scale of 1:250 000. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen.

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These records describe the mapped point, not the whole property. Forestry capability is background information and does not establish planting permission or grant eligibility.

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Status Expired Distance 1.9 km away Area 14.58 ha Decision issued
CB45309 Melfort Estate Location

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Status Expired Distance 1.9 km away Area 16.78 ha Decision issued
CB45753 Barachuile Location

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Status Expired Distance 2.5 km away Area 8.66 ha Decision issued

Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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Within 10 km
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Status Approved Distance 8.0 km away Area 50 ha Approved

Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.